There is indeed a civilizational cleavage between “Europe” and the South Caucasus. To encapsulate this cleavage in a single metaphor, one could say it is the difference between youth and age: the European sense of time seems youthful, with the certainty that
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s basketball team won 73-62 against the Czech Republic on Sunday in a qualification match for FIBA EuroBasket 2015.
There was a scuffle during the match. On one of the tribunes, Georgian fans started a quarrel. It didn’t last long,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign minister is criticized by opponents for saying that the economic sanctions against Russia will not solve the Ukraine crisis. The minister says she was misinterpreted.
Maia Panjikidze on Thursday said that sanctions against Russia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili last year thought the presidential palace was too luxurious for him to use, but now he defends his decision to make it his place of work.
In the presidential election campaign in October, 2013, Margvelashvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–A war of words developed between Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and Georgian PM Irakli Gharibashvili on Friday as the two spoke on the phone.
In the conversation, Gharibashvili called Bildt, as well as Lithuanian FM Linas Linkevicius, members
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia President Giorgi Margvelashvili has rebuffed a parliamentarian in his own coalition for criticizing a tweet by Sweden’s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt.
The controversy started when Bildt criticized the criminal charges against former President Mikheil
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Patriarch Ilia II on Tuesday gave Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili a white horse.
The event took place at the end of a visit by the PM to the Patriarch’s hometown Sno in Kazbegi, northern Georgia.
The two visited Larsi checkpoint,
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia’s Foreign Minister says that western sanctions against Russia and reciprocal moves by the Kremlin are not proper way out of the Ukrainian crisis and that conflict should be solved rather by the negotiations.
Maia Panjikidze,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign minister says Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is putting to perssure on the courts in Georgia by a statement criticizing the investigation of former officials.
Foreign Minsiter Maia Panjikidze said this on Wednesday
TBILISI, DFWatch–There was an accident on Wednesday in Rize, Turkey, which left ten passengers injured, including citizens of Georgia.
Representatives of the Health Ministry of Adjara left for Turkey to see citizens of Georgia.
According to Deputy Health